Adra Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater treatment, 485,000 m3/day operational capacity to be restored, serving around 2.2 million people in Damascus in Syria.
Planned
The record
- Country
- Syria
- Location
- Adra
- Coordinates
- 33.620, 36.510
- Technology
- Wastewater treatment
- Capacity
- 485,000 m3/day operational capacity to be restored, serving around 2.2 million people in Damascus
- Capital cost
- US$55 m estimated works contract (World Bank procurement plan, 22 September 2026; bidding planned for 2028)
- Stage
- Planned
- Owner or client
- Syrian Arab Republic represented by the Ministry of Finance
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- IDA grant within a US$150 million World Bank operation covering four components across several governorates
- Award or start year
- 2026
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-11.
History
- 2026-03
World Bank Project Information Document issued on 19 March naming the plant for rehabilitation
- 2026-03
Estimated appraisal date of 23 March
- 2026-04
Estimated approval date of 23 April
- 2026-04
World Bank approves the project on 23 April
- 2026-09
Procurement plan of 22 September estimates the works contract at US$55 million, with bidding planned for 2028
Sources
8 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- World Bank, Syria Emergency Water Security and Resilient Services Project (P515199), Project Information Document, Appraisal Stage (19 Mar 2026). documents1.worldbank.org.
- The component covers the rehabilitation of Adra Wastewater Treatment Plant to restore its operational capacity of 485,000 m3 per day in order to serve around 2.2 million people in Damascus; implementing agency the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources Directorate; total operation cost and financing US$150 million as an IDA grant; estimated appraisal 23 March 2026 and estimated approval 23 April 2026. The document also records that over half of water infrastructure and 70 percent of wastewater treatment plants are inoperable.
- Budget left blank because the US$150 million covers four components and not this plant alone.
- Coordinates left blank: no source opened names a plant feature.
- The document implies the plant is not delivering its capacity but never states that it is stopped, so current condition is not established.
- Coordinates are the OpenStreetMap wastewater plant tagged محطة تكرير المياه at Adra in Rif Dimashq, given to two decimals because the feature carries only a generic name.
- World Bank, Procurement Plan, Syria Emergency Water Security and Resilient Services Project P515199 (22 Sep 2026). documents1.worldbank.org.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Rehabilitation of Adra Wastewater Treatment Plant in Damascus, request for bids, open international, estimated amount US$55,000,000, pending implementation, bid invitation planned for 2028.